Guitars

Over the years, I’ve owned quite a few guitars (just over 100, if my records & math skills are correct). While I never had much money or room for guitar gear while I was in college, after I graduated and got a real job I became an avid Ibanez collector (since guitar heroes Vai, Satriani, and Petrucci were all Ibanez endorsees at the time), focusing on signature models and other high-end models like J-Customs, Prestiges, & USA Customs.

Then early 2004 I started trading my Ibanez guitars in for PRS guitars... I had slowly been losing fascination with the floating trems and thin necks. After spending a couple weeks playing nothing but my fiancee's (now wife's) late 70's Gibson Les Paul Pro, I had re-discovered the satisfaction of pounding away on mahogany-bodied maple-topped set-neck guitars. After getting hooked up with a PRS catalog and DVD, I took the plunge on a fixed-bridge Custom 24, which led to another, and another, until I had 16 PRSi occupying the racks.

Recently I’ve diversified the collection by selling a few PRSi and adding a few G&L’s (a Legacy & 3 ASAT's), a couple hollowbodies (Gretsch G6120 & Heritage H-535), a 7-string (EBMM John Petrucci model), a 12-string (Carvin DC120), and a few other random axes (Voodoo custom archtop, Danelectro 56-U3, Taylor Solidbody Classic, EBMM Steve Morse, & Hamer Eclipse) . It's definitely cool to have the variety for recording projects, although it's safe to say that I'll keep playing PRSi for most rehearsals & gigs.

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Electric guitars: Carvin DC120 12-string Casio MG-510 MIDI guitar Danelectro 56-U3 Ernie Ball Music Man John Petrucci 7-string Ernie Ball Music Man Steve Morse G&L ASAT 25th Anniversary G&L ASAT Classic G&L ASAT Special Deluxe G&L Legacy Standard Gretsch G6120-1959 Chet Atkins hollowbody Hamer Eclipse Heritage H-535 semi-hollowbody '07 Paul Reed Smith 513 mahogany '00 Paul Reed Smith Custom 22 w/ Dragon I pickups ‘02 Paul Reed Smith Custom 22 semi-hollowbody ‘97 Paul Reed Smith Custom 24 cherry sunburst ‘98 Paul Reed Smith Custom 24 violin amber burst w/ Artist pickups ‘02 Paul Reed Smith Custom 24 whale blue '07 Paul Reed Smith McCarty Korina ‘01 Paul Reed Smith McCarty Rosewood ‘98 Paul Reed Smith McCarty Soapbar '07 Paul Reed Smith Mira ‘01 Paul Reed Smith Singlecut '06 Paul Reed Smith Singlecut Satin Trem '03 Paul Reed Smith Standard 24 Paul Reed Smith Starla Taylor Solidbody Classic Voodoo Guitar Works custom archtop Acoustic instruments: Alvarez banjo Gibson Country Western model Guild DC5E-NT True American acoustic-electric Guild F47M-CE mini-jumbo acoustic-electric Rogue FM-80E acoustic-electric mandolin Takamine EF-385 12-string acoustic-electric Basses: G&L Tribute L-2500 5-string Yamaha RBX800AF fretless Accessories: Big Bends Nut Sauce tuning lubricant D'Addario EXP acoustic guitar strings -- custom light 11-52 80/20 & phosphor bronze, 12-string light 10-47 D'Addario EXP bass guitar strings -- 5-string soft 45-130 Dunlop Dual-Design Straplocks -- nickel, black, gold Dunlop Formula 65 guitar polish Dunlop Hoolahan & chromed steel slides Dunlop Tortex Standard picks -- .88mm, 1.0mm, 1.14mm E-bow Elixir Nanoweb electric guitar strings -- super light 9-42 for tremolos, light 10-46 for fixed bridges, medium 11-52 for hollowbodies Ernie Ball Flatwound III bass strings Ernie Ball Super Slinky electric guitar strings -- 7-string 9-52 Fender ElectroVolt instrument cables Finger-ease guitar string lubricant George L's vintage red effects cables GHS Fast-Fret string cleaner GHS acoustic slide guitar strings -- 16-56 Golden Gate resonator guitar extension nut Kyser Quick-Change capos -- 6-string, 12-string Levy's leather guitar straps Planet Waves Jacquard woven guitar straps Roggenburg oak guitar stands -- 3-acoustic stand, 9-electric stands Shubb-Pearse SP3 guitar steel Warwick RockStand folding 5-guitar stand

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Gear sold or traded: Electric guitars: Dean EVO 7-string electric Ernie Ball Music Man Axis (2) Ernie Ball Music Man John Petrucci models Fender American Stratocaster Plus G&L ASAT Deluxe Semi-hollow G&L ASAT Semi-hollow (2) G&L ASAT Specials G&L Legacy Deluxe G&L Legacy Standard Gibson EDS-1275 doubleneck Gibson Explorer Pro - guitar of the week #13 Gibson Firebird V Gibson Firebird V Zebrawood - guitar of the week #12 Gibson Les Paul KM Kalamazoo Gibson Les Paul Standard DC+ Gibson Les Paul Classic Gibson Les Paul Classic Antique Artist Series - guitar of the week #5 Gibson Les Paul Standard Faded Gibson SG Standard Silverburst - guitar of the week #3 Godin SD Hamer Slammer Ibanez AS120-TR Artstar Ibanez Jem7-BSB Steve Vai model Ibanez Jem7-DBK Steve Vai model Ibanez Jem7-RB Steve Vai model Ibanez Jem7-VWH Steve Vai model Ibanez Jem90-HAM Steve Vai model Ibanez JPM100-P1 John Petrucci model (2) Ibanez JPM100-P2 John Petrucci models Ibanez JPM100-P3 John Petrucci model (2) Ibanez JPM90-HAM John Petrucci models Ibanez JS1000-BP Joe Satriani model (2) Ibanez JS1000-WH Joe Satriani models Ibanez JS90-HAM Joe Satriani model Ibanez MA1FM American Master Ibanez PGM500-CA Paul Gilbert model Ibanez RG-ART J-Custom Ibanez RG-PR1 Prestige Ibanez RG6-CST J-Custom Ibanez RG7CT-VV Prestige Ibanez RG421-RB Ibanez RG570CT-AM Ibanez RG770FM-DBL Ibanez RG1077XL-RB Prestige (2) Ibanez RG1200-TR Prestiges Ibanez RG1220QM-TO USA Custom Ibanez RG1680x-AM J-Custom Ibanez RG1880-BGS J-Custom Ibanez RG2020x-BWS Prestige Ibanez RG2420-TB Prestige Ibanez RG2680M-DBK Prestige (2) Ibanez RG3120-DR Prestiges Ibanez RG3120-TW Prestige Ibanez RGT3120-TV Prestige Ibanez RG7620-GN Ibanez TC-630 Talman model Ibanez UCEW fixed bridge USA Custom Exotic Wood Ibanez UCEW1LC-NT USA Custom Exotic Wood Ibanez UV77-MC Steve Vai Universe model Ibanez UV777-BK Steve Vai Universe model Ibanez USRG30-TB USA Custom Ibanez USRG30-TP USA Custom Jackson USA Soloist Superlight Parker Fly Classic Paul Reed Smith CE-24 Paul Reed Smith Custom 22/12-string Paul Reed Smith Custom 22 Soapbar Paul Reed Smith Custom 24 (emerald green) ‘95 Paul Reed Smith Custom 24 grey black w/ Dragon II pickups Paul Reed Smith EG-1 Paul Reed Smith EG-2 Paul Reed Smith Hollowbody II Paul Reed Smith McCarty Standard '07 Paul Reed Smith SC 250 ‘06 Paul Reed Smith Singlecut Standard Satin Paul Reed Smith Standard 24 Paul Reed Smith Swamp Ash Special Peavey Wolfgang Standard Rickenbacker 360/12 12-string Steinberger GM7-T Washburn HB35 semi-hollowbody Washburn electric Yamaha RGX-TT Ty Tabor model Yamaha RGX-TTD6 Drop 6 Ty Tabor model Acoustic instruments: Takamine EC-132C classical Yamaha FG-230 12-string acoustic Basses: Carvin LB75 5-string Peavey Cirrus V Yamaha BBN5 5-string bass

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